Massachusetts retailers may get one of their top Christmas wishes granted before the holiday season.

Gov. Deval Patrick said this week the state hopes to strike a deal soon with Amazon.com about collecting Massachusetts sales tax on online purchases made by residents.

“Amazon is interested in expanding their presence here, and we are engaged with them on that and entering into an agreement to collect Massachusetts sales taxes,” Patrick said. “We hope to close out those talks soon.”

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